Spreader-car.



No. 818,127 PATENTED 111 3.17, 1906 P. P. SMITH, JR.

SPREADER OAR.

APPLlOA'lION FILED DEG.19.1904.

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PATENTED APR. 1'7, 1906.

1?. F. SMITH, JR. SPREADER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19-, 1904.

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-Specification. of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 19,1904. Serial No. 237.403.

To (tllwhom it may concern:

Be it knownthat' I, PERSIFOB" F. SMITH, Jr, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing in Dennison, in the county of Tuscarawas, inthe State of Ohio, have 'invented a certain new and useful Im rovementin Spreader-Cars, of which the ollowing is a true and exact description,reference being had to the ,accomfpanying drawings, which form a partthereo My invention relates to what are known as spreader-cars, and hasfor its object to provide an improved car of this kind mainlycharacterized by a construction by which the spreader-plate is securedto vertical standards supported by the car-body through hinges W angularadjustment of the plate.

Reference being had to the drawings which illustrate my invention,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a spreader-car having my improvedconstruction, but with certain of the transverse bracinglates removed.Fig. 2

is a side elevation 0 this car; Fig. 3, a crosssection through the car,taken ap roximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, but with t espreaderplate shown in elevated position 'and one of theactuating-cylinders shown in section. Fig. 4 is a plan view of thecenter of the car-body and the mechanism and structure secured thereto.Fig. 5 .is a sectional view taken as on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6is an end view of the structure shown in Fi 3, and Fig. 7 is a sectionalview taken on the in 7 7 of Fig. 6.

A A are the trucks of the spreader-car, and A A the bolsters on whichrests the platform A made up, as shown, of rails.

B B are standards secured in a vertical position on each side of thecenter of the car and, as shown, secured together by two eyebarsA A onerunning immediately above and the other immediately below the railsforming the floor A of the car, and two eyebars A A, secured near thetops and bottoms of the standards, as shown. By preference these eyebarsare slotted, as shown in Fig. 7, so that the two irder-plates A and A mafit in them, as s own in Figs. 3 and 5, rail sections A A being bolteddown on the top and bottom edges of the plates, as also shown in Figs. 3and 5. The central members or girders, built up as above ex lained, are

raced and held in position by t e struts A preferably formed, as shown,of bent railsections, and the ties A. As shown, the

ich permit both the vertical and.

by angle-irons A, secured to it, as shown in -F1gs. 3'and 5.

C C are hinges adapted to turn on and also to move vertically uponthestandards B B. These hinges are secured to the spreaderplates D D, asshown, and under the uppermost of the hinges C C is placedthe.perforated lug E, which, through chains F F, moving over pulleys FF, is connected to. the piston-rods F of pistons F ,moving in cylindersF into the upper ends ofwhich lead the airpipes G G, connecting withsome common source of air-supply, such as the pi e G.

H, Fig. 1, is a socket secured to t e body of the car, and H a similarsocket secured to the spreaderlate, as shown, H being a strut or beamwhic when the spreader-plate is in o erative position is secured inplace, as s own in Fig. 1, to hold the spreader-plate extended. Thisbeam or stut is preferably provided with an eye, as indicated at H andmy car is provided with cranes I I, supporting at their outer endsgroovecigmlleys I and carrying pneumatic cylinders fed by compressed-airpipes, as indicated at G and arranged to actuate chains J, which chainscan be coupled to the eyes H and used to manipulate the beam H when itis desired either to retract it from operative position or to place itin operative position. Whenretracted, the beams or struts can be carriedon the side of the car, as indicated in Fig. 2.

L (see Figs. 3 and 4) indicates shackles or looks which by engaging thechains F are used to lock the spreader-plate in any desired verticalposition. For transport the spreader-plate 1s folded back against theside of the car, as shown in' Fig. 2, and raised to any height which maybe deemed advisable.

In operation the spreader-plate is dropped to, forlnstance, the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 or such osition as may be deemed useful,and it is t en turned outward, as shown in Fig. 1, and secured in placeby the strut H Having now described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. A spreader-car having incombination one or more vertical standards B forming struts of a diamondtruss secured at its ends to the body of the car, a spreader-platepivotally and slidin ly secured to sald standard, and means or raisingor lowering said spreader-plate and securing it in position.

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2. A spreader-car havin in combination two vertical standards B ormingstruts of two diamond trusses secured at their ends to the body of thecar, transverse beams connecting said standards together at to andbottom, spreader-plates pivotally an slidingly secured to said standardsand means for raising or lowering said spreader-plates and securing themin position.

3. A spreader-car having two trucks and vertical standards secured tothe car-body at an intermediate point in combination with a spreaderplate or plates pivotally and slidsecured to said standards, .means forraismg and lowering said plates, a removable strut for holding thespreader-plate in ex-- tended position, a strut-socket on the bolster ofa truck and a strut-socket on the spreaderblade.

4. A spreader-car having two trucks and vertical standards secured tothe car-body at an intermediate point in combination with a spreaderplate or plates pivotally and slidingly secured to said standards, meansfor raising and lowering said plates, a removable strut for holding thespreader-plate in extended position, a strut-socket on the bolster of atruck, a strut-socket on the spreaderblade and a hoist on the car-bodyarranged to handle the strut.

PERSIFOR F. SMITH, JR.

Witnesses:

W. V.- YOUNG, H. M. WEY.

